When a man (or woman) has a new idea, or aspirations, or dreams, to whom may he go? Who will listen to him? "My own experience," wrote Thomas Drier, "is that there are not many good listeners in the world, people who will open not only their ears but their minds to other folks." "How many of you," asks Drier, "know of friends to whom you can take you finest aspirations and be sure of a sympathetic hearing? How many will listen intelligently?" "You'll have no trouble getting people who will remain silent while you talk. But you want something more than that. You want to tell your thoughts and receive back encouragement that will make you feel like a fighting cock, sure that you can go out out and snap the heads of all the snakes that will rise up to trouble you." "I believe we need a new priesthood [of] men and women who ill listen creatively to the finest thoughts of people.They will furnish an outlet for emotions that would otherwise perish and probably turn to poison." St. Paul speaks of a "royal priesthood." Can royalty exist where there is no empathetic, creative listening? Is anybody listening? Let's hope so.